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then for all of those years between 14 till the time she met travis alexander, she didn't have a memory problem. now it's reoccurring on cross-examination. >> they were also sort of alleging this child porn or child -- interest in child sex against travis alexander. i mean, are they just trying to kind of smear him as much as possible? >> they're trying to smear the victim as if he somehow brought this on himself. the defense here, to the extent there is a defense, is self-defense. the idea that he's this horrible aggressive person is crucial to the defense. what the defense mostly has brought out is that this was an enthusiastically consensual sexual relationship. yet another reason i don't understand why she's been on the stand so long. >> you certainly know how to put perfume on the pig, jeff. enthusiastic sexual relationship that's not how i would describe it, but go ahead. what she said, if you look at the testimony carefully, she happened to walk in. she knows he's in the next room. he had laid out on his bed all these photos of scantily clad little boys and he was masturbating to
then for all of those years between 14 till the time she met travis alexander, she didn't have a memory problem. now it's reoccurring on cross-examination. >> they were also sort of alleging this child porn or child -- interest in child sex against travis alexander. i mean, are they just trying to kind of smear him as much as possible? >> they're trying to smear the victim as if he somehow brought this on himself. the defense here, to the extent there is a defense, is self-defense....
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alexander and travis across the seat of the back of these shorts. i didn't want those to be found. i knew i was going to be arrested. but they were sentimental to me. so i still wanted to memorialize them in some way. so i laid them out and i photographed them because they were special to me. >> you testified that travis gave you the book of mormon at starbucks. did you read it thoroughly? if so, when? >> i did read the book of mormons thoroughly. following that meeting, i attempted to read one chapter a day and so i finished it sometime, i think i finished it in about 8 months, more or less. and then thereafter in 2008 i read it -- i started january 1st and read one chapter a day. not always consistently or more or less and i would make up for it and i did that in 2009 and 10. i haven't done it since. >> does the book of mormon go into detail regarding the vow of chastity? >> it doesn't give explicit detail and is it doesn't even say law of chastity to my recollection. it just talks about -- it uses verbiage such as wore dom, things like that. bein
alexander and travis across the seat of the back of these shorts. i didn't want those to be found. i knew i was going to be arrested. but they were sentimental to me. so i still wanted to memorialize them in some way. so i laid them out and i photographed them because they were special to me. >> you testified that travis gave you the book of mormon at starbucks. did you read it thoroughly? if so, when? >> i did read the book of mormons thoroughly. following that meeting, i attempted...
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arias admits she stabbed and killed travis alexander, she claims in self defense. but prosecutors argue she killed him out of jealousy. we'll have more on what happened in court this week in just a moment. >>> and a growing florida sinkhole is threatening even more devastation just a day after a man was swallowed into the ground. evacuees in the tampa suburb were allowed to gather some of their belongings today. authorities fear the hole may expand and take down the homes next to the one where a man is presumed dead. crews say the ground is just too unstable right now to try to recover jeff bush's body. >>> forced spending cuts are now a reality. $85 billion will be slashed from federal spending over the next serve months. president barack obama signed the order last night after the white house and congressional leaders failed to come up with an alternative. defense spending will be hit the hardest. congress will take another stab at replacing the cuts with a different, less severe plan later on in the month. >>> venezuelan president hugo chavez is said to be fight
arias admits she stabbed and killed travis alexander, she claims in self defense. but prosecutors argue she killed him out of jealousy. we'll have more on what happened in court this week in just a moment. >>> and a growing florida sinkhole is threatening even more devastation just a day after a man was swallowed into the ground. evacuees in the tampa suburb were allowed to gather some of their belongings today. authorities fear the hole may expand and take down the homes next to the...
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i mean, even the details such as stabbing travis alexander in the back nine times. so i think -- >> and not remembering that. >> and not remembering it. i just don't think the jury is buying it. again, you know, the defense will be coming back this week. but, man, oh, man, there is premeditation evidence all over the place. >> richard, you agree? is this disastrous for the defense? >> well, i thought the week was about the worst cross-examination i've ever seen or read in over 30 years of litigation except for the last day, where the prosecutor scored heavily, and now the jury has three days to think about it and judge her credibility and whether or not her story meshes. fred, we know people lie prior to going to trial. they try to cover themselves and protect themselves. here she is at trial. she's trying to tell the jury now i'm coming clean. the prosecutor built a history of lies from her. why did she lie to the police, to detectives, she lied to protect herself. in his summation, he's going to say she lied to all those people and she lied to you during the trial
i mean, even the details such as stabbing travis alexander in the back nine times. so i think -- >> and not remembering that. >> and not remembering it. i just don't think the jury is buying it. again, you know, the defense will be coming back this week. but, man, oh, man, there is premeditation evidence all over the place. >> richard, you agree? is this disastrous for the defense? >> well, i thought the week was about the worst cross-examination i've ever seen or read...
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the judge read the questions like why didn't she just call 911 when she says travis alexander was attacking her. then the one so many have asked why not tell the cops the truth the first time? >> i didn't want people to know the kinds of things that were going on in our relationship. i was embarrassed about a lot of those things and i was ashamed and i was also very scared about, i mean, whether i was defending myself or not, i felt like if i -- i felt like it was wrong to kill somebody regardless of the circumstances. >> remember, arias first told detectives she wasn't there. then that it was intruders and finally settled on self-defense, shep. >> shepard: 16 days on the stand. 116 questions today and for jodi arias its still not over. >> the jurors are not done. the jury gets the chance on recross-examination on any new examination. they have already been trying to poke holes in her questionable memory, something the jury wanted to know about as well. take a listen. >> how is it that you remember so many of your sexual encounters, including your ex-boyfriends but you do not remember stab
the judge read the questions like why didn't she just call 911 when she says travis alexander was attacking her. then the one so many have asked why not tell the cops the truth the first time? >> i didn't want people to know the kinds of things that were going on in our relationship. i was embarrassed about a lot of those things and i was ashamed and i was also very scared about, i mean, whether i was defending myself or not, i felt like if i -- i felt like it was wrong to kill somebody...
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jodi arias admits now that she killed travis alexander and we know she lied about it and a lot of other things. i think it's really clear that she will be convicted and the big question is will she get the death penalty? these questions may give a hint about how jurors are looking at her background as esther suggested and how that will relate to their ultimate decision about whether she gets the death penalty or not. jon: susan she has been on the stand as we noted for 15 days, sometimes, i mean the thinking is that jurors may have just sort of emotionally bonded with her, even though they don't necessarily like her, and they might not want to put her to death as a result. >> well, you know, if you remember with the casey anthony trial we had the state, the defense completely right across from one another. they had to look -- the jury had to look at casey anthony the entire time. so there is that level of likability that starts to build, that rapport building. here is the thing, what i've been hearing in the courtroom is some of the jurors are fed up, they are over and done with it and
jodi arias admits now that she killed travis alexander and we know she lied about it and a lot of other things. i think it's really clear that she will be convicted and the big question is will she get the death penalty? these questions may give a hint about how jurors are looking at her background as esther suggested and how that will relate to their ultimate decision about whether she gets the death penalty or not. jon: susan she has been on the stand as we noted for 15 days, sometimes, i...
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why did jodi arias kill travis alexander? according to her prosecutor, here, let's bring in the panel here, i think this is sort of the crux of the issue, they have to -- this is a death penalty case, right, in the state of arizona. so in order to -- she's accused of first degree murder, but then to take it a step further, they have to prove premeditation. let's go back, for viewers who have not been following the intricacies and the twists and turns of the trial, let's start with the prosecution, holly hughes, what is the prosecutor's theory as far as why she killed her ex-boyfriend? >> basically they're saying if i can't have you, nobody will. and jodi and travis engame egaga very sexual relationship, even after no longer boyfriend and girlfriend. he was getting ready to take another woman on vacation to cancun and told jodi you're not wife material. i'm never going to marry you. they're saying when she finally realized the jig is up, that she planned ahead of time, i'm going to go there, i'm going to have wild sex with him
why did jodi arias kill travis alexander? according to her prosecutor, here, let's bring in the panel here, i think this is sort of the crux of the issue, they have to -- this is a death penalty case, right, in the state of arizona. so in order to -- she's accused of first degree murder, but then to take it a step further, they have to prove premeditation. let's go back, for viewers who have not been following the intricacies and the twists and turns of the trial, let's start with the...
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she's told three versions of how she killed boyfriend travis alexander. randi kaye takes us inside the courtroom for a second day of tough questions. >> reporter: if she hadn't been cut in a web of lies would jodi arias ever come clean about killing travis alexander? jurors wanted to know. >> would you decide to tell the truth if you never got arrested? >> i honestly don't know the answer to that question. >> reporter: why, they ask, did it take her so long to tell the truth? it wasn't until two years after the killing that she claimed self-defense. first she said she wasn't there. then changed her story to two masked intruders. all her lying seems to have hit a nerve with the jury. >> after all the lies you have told, why should we believe you now? >> lying isn't typically something i just do. but the lies that i've told in this case are -- can be tied directly back to either protecting travis' reputation -- >> reporter: what about arias's experience with guns? >> never fired a gun but i was relatively familiar with them. >> reporter: and even if she was
she's told three versions of how she killed boyfriend travis alexander. randi kaye takes us inside the courtroom for a second day of tough questions. >> reporter: if she hadn't been cut in a web of lies would jodi arias ever come clean about killing travis alexander? jurors wanted to know. >> would you decide to tell the truth if you never got arrested? >> i honestly don't know the answer to that question. >> reporter: why, they ask, did it take her so long to tell the...
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but investigators say there's no question travis alexander suffered. the medical examiner says he was stabbed first, then shot. so it may have been taken him some time to die. crime scene photos show his hands, bruised and bloodied, which may indicate he struggled to fight off his attacker, who was stabbing him. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> and as we mentioned just a moment ago, the trial took an extraordinary legal turn today. arias answered questions directly from the jurors, well, the questions coming from the jurors. that's only allowed in three states, including arizona. cnn's miguel marquez is live in phoenix. miguel, you were inside the courtroom, so tell us about these questions that the jury was asking. >> reporter: well, clearly, this is a jury that is either unsure of what jodi arias testified to or is skeptical as to what she testified to. a lot of the questions having to do with what happened that day, june 4th, 2008, the day that travis alexander died. here's a little sample of some of the questions that were put to her by the judge toda
but investigators say there's no question travis alexander suffered. the medical examiner says he was stabbed first, then shot. so it may have been taken him some time to die. crime scene photos show his hands, bruised and bloodied, which may indicate he struggled to fight off his attacker, who was stabbing him. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> and as we mentioned just a moment ago, the trial took an extraordinary legal turn today. arias answered questions directly from the jurors, well, the...
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travis alexander picked her up, slammed her to the ground. knocked the wind out of her. hit her head and yet she was able to get up and outrun him and get up and climb up the closet and grab a gun in the corner before he got to her. poking a lot of holes and he also got to the point where he asked her to show up and show this famous linebacker stance that she claimed travis took before he lunged at her. the problem with that she couldn't really give a stance, shepard. she tried to make a stance but it didn't really work well for her at that point. >> shepard: a lot of communications after she killed him. an email, a voice mail, a text message, what was all of that? >> yeah. it's all about the prosecution showing premeditation and then the ability to cover it up afterwards. you talked about a cup perform things, throwing the weapon away for example, a couple other things like she did take some nope and wash the knife. sent him a voice message and text message and email. they this back and forth when he was hammering her about these communications. take a listen. >> why ar
travis alexander picked her up, slammed her to the ground. knocked the wind out of her. hit her head and yet she was able to get up and outrun him and get up and climb up the closet and grab a gun in the corner before he got to her. poking a lot of holes and he also got to the point where he asked her to show up and show this famous linebacker stance that she claimed travis took before he lunged at her. the problem with that she couldn't really give a stance, shepard. she tried to make a stance...
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arias faces the death penalty if convicted of murdering her boyfriend travis alexander. the defense says it was self-defense. the trial has been filled with gruesome and graphic details about the murder and the couple's sex life. in court yesterday, it was more of the same. so we would like to warn you about some of the graphic content. here's randi kaye. >> reporter: after a damaging week on cross-examination, the first order of business for jodi arias' defense team is knocking down anything to premeditation. >> did you go to mr. alexander's home on june 4th with the intent on killing him? >> no, i didn't. >> reporter: another attempt to convince the jury she murdered travis alexander in self-defense. even though she's changed her story three times. testimony quickly turned to arias' broken finger on her left hand. the prosecution tried to prove she hurt her finger while stabbing her ex-boyfriend dozens of times and drags his blody body around the house. to dispute that, arias' defense lawyer offered a show and tell. >> and that is the injury you incurred when you testi
arias faces the death penalty if convicted of murdering her boyfriend travis alexander. the defense says it was self-defense. the trial has been filled with gruesome and graphic details about the murder and the couple's sex life. in court yesterday, it was more of the same. so we would like to warn you about some of the graphic content. here's randi kaye. >> reporter: after a damaging week on cross-examination, the first order of business for jodi arias' defense team is knocking down...
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a lot of questions about her steamy sex life with travis alexander. her ex-boyfriend, the man she admits to killing in self-defense, she says. 27 stab wounds, slash to the throat, one bullet to the head. we're going to pick it up live here in a moment. first, here is a snippet from just this morning. >> when he grabbed your arm and bent you over the desk on june 4th, 2008, and had sex with you, did you view that as a mistake? >> no. >> how did you view that? >> just by then we were engaging in all kinds of activities without any boundaries and so it was just something he wanted to do and something i was fine with. it was a way for him to release his anger. >> a way for what? >> for him to relieve his anger. >> you were fine with it because it was an alternative to violence? >> objection, leading. >> is that what you're telling us? are you telling us that this was an alternative to anger? >> yes, to it escalating. >> sunny hostin, former federal prosecutor, cnn legal analyst for me in new york. and holly hughes, ladies, welcome back. sunny hostin, let
a lot of questions about her steamy sex life with travis alexander. her ex-boyfriend, the man she admits to killing in self-defense, she says. 27 stab wounds, slash to the throat, one bullet to the head. we're going to pick it up live here in a moment. first, here is a snippet from just this morning. >> when he grabbed your arm and bent you over the desk on june 4th, 2008, and had sex with you, did you view that as a mistake? >> no. >> how did you view that? >> just by...
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alexander. watch the "ac 360" special report, sex, lies and audiotape, the jodi arias trial tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. >>> it was seven days dominated by a murder in mississippi and wikileaks admissions. here's your crime in 60 seconds. >> a shootout in california leaves two police detectives dead. gunned down sergeants on tuesday, when the police found him, he was killed in a gunfight. a mayoral candidate was found dead near a levee miles from his car. police have arrested lawrence reed, age 22, the local sheriff's office says reed faces murder charges. >>> the parents of a transgender first grader have filed a lawsuit against a colorado school district. the parents say the school discriminated against their child when they refused to allow him to use the girls' bathroom. the school district says it acted reasonably and fairly in the matter. >>> and on thursday, army private first class bradley manning pled guilty to 10 of the 22 charges against him. he did not plead guilty to the mos
alexander. watch the "ac 360" special report, sex, lies and audiotape, the jodi arias trial tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. >>> it was seven days dominated by a murder in mississippi and wikileaks admissions. here's your crime in 60 seconds. >> a shootout in california leaves two police detectives dead. gunned down sergeants on tuesday, when the police found him, he was killed in a gunfight. a mayoral candidate was found dead near a levee miles from his car. police...
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the defense says travis alexander's murder was self-defense. arias in her 15th day on the witness stand testified about her boyfriend's past abuse. >> at first i thought of clawing at his face, but then i couldn't do that. i didn't feel right to gouge his eyes out or something. >> so arias has testified she shot alexander, but claims that she has zero memory of stabbing him 27 times or cutting his throat. >> so jeb bush is now front and center in the nation's immigration debate and now many people are wondering if that has implications for the 2016 presidential race.former florida governor has written a new book making his case for an overhaul of the nation's immigration system. and he seems to support granting legal status to illegal immigrants, but not a path to citizenship a citizenship. chief washington correspondent jake tapper trying to get clarification from the former florida governor. >> i have supported both, both a path to legalization or a path to citizenship, with the underlying principle being that there should be no incentive for
the defense says travis alexander's murder was self-defense. arias in her 15th day on the witness stand testified about her boyfriend's past abuse. >> at first i thought of clawing at his face, but then i couldn't do that. i didn't feel right to gouge his eyes out or something. >> so arias has testified she shot alexander, but claims that she has zero memory of stabbing him 27 times or cutting his throat. >> so jeb bush is now front and center in the nation's immigration...
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alexander. >> why is it that you have no memory of stabbing travis? >> i can't really explain why my mind did what it did. maybe because it's too horrible. >> travis alexander was stabbed 27 times and his throat was slashed. if convicted, arias could get the death penalty. >>> so sharks near shore and numbering in the thousands. oh, gosh, look at that. >> i'm going to put this on a loop and give it to you for christmas. >> just when lifeguards thought it would be safe to let people back in the water, they decided to close the beaches for a second day yesterday. a wise move. shark sightings like these, we're talking tens of thousands of sharks here, these are actually fairly common this time of year. the sharks are moving north after spending the winter in the south, but, you know -- >> as long as you're not swimming with them, berman, you're safe. actually some people can swim with them, right? >>> anyway, nine minutes past the hour here. happening now, winter storm warnings are in effect for eight states as a powerful winter storm beats down on the n
alexander. >> why is it that you have no memory of stabbing travis? >> i can't really explain why my mind did what it did. maybe because it's too horrible. >> travis alexander was stabbed 27 times and his throat was slashed. if convicted, arias could get the death penalty. >>> so sharks near shore and numbering in the thousands. oh, gosh, look at that. >> i'm going to put this on a loop and give it to you for christmas. >> just when lifeguards thought it...
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alexander but she has specific details about things that happened six, seven, eight years prior, even down to dates and times. martha if. martha: boy, that is incredible. watching her answer those. as you point out, it does take some of the emotion out of the questions that are being asked. and those are questions that, you know, i've heard people ask about this as well. how do you remember all those details and not remember this? really interesting, adam. >> reporter: it is. we expect to hear some more questions today. there might be a chance for recross examination. it does happen in a very few instances. judge could agree to that talk to the prosecutor again. couple of details, martha, now all of sudden she says she did write bad things about the him in the journal and tore them out because he told her to. never said that in cross-examination. martha: changed details through the course of this. adam, thank you very much. bill: this is a tragedy. what caused a lion to kill a young woman, animal expert jeff corwin who held the same lion when it was a cub will join us. martha: outrage
alexander but she has specific details about things that happened six, seven, eight years prior, even down to dates and times. martha if. martha: boy, that is incredible. watching her answer those. as you point out, it does take some of the emotion out of the questions that are being asked. and those are questions that, you know, i've heard people ask about this as well. how do you remember all those details and not remember this? really interesting, adam. >> reporter: it is. we expect to...
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the extra day, a day filled with testimony, again, about her sex life with victim travis alexander. arias faces a possible death sentence if convicted of murdering alexander. he was shot twice, stabbed 27 times and had his throat slashed. arias, of course, says it was self-defense. >>> police in bakersfield, california, are now investigating the circumstances surrounding that 87-year-old woman's death at an independent living facility after a staffer refused to give the dying woman cpr. the resident services director for glenwood gardens told the 911 operator she was not permitted to administer medical care to residents. they say the city would not have faced any liability issues if the staffer had simply followed operator's instructions. >> it's not uncommon for them to try and give instructions over the phone. it's refused or the person may be a little squeamish. they do it through a card system. those dispatchers are trained through that card system where emergency medical services will accept that liability at that time. >> a facility spokesman tells cnn the home is by law not l
the extra day, a day filled with testimony, again, about her sex life with victim travis alexander. arias faces a possible death sentence if convicted of murdering alexander. he was shot twice, stabbed 27 times and had his throat slashed. arias, of course, says it was self-defense. >>> police in bakersfield, california, are now investigating the circumstances surrounding that 87-year-old woman's death at an independent living facility after a staffer refused to give the dying woman...
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she could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering her ex-boyfriend travis, alexander. the jury submitted more than one hundred questions of their own over the last two days, and the questions are a final look into how the jurors might view the case against her. let's talk about it with fred t icc e a former federal prosecutor and arthur aidala a former prosecutor and defense attorney. gentlemen, we have heard from the jury. they seem awfully skeptical, fred. what do you make of the questions. >> you think? they are awfully skeptical and with good cause. i tell you, jon, one of the jurors asked the ultimate question which is, if you killed the guy in self-defense why did you bother to lie about it? her answer was even worse, she says, to protect his reputation. this jury heard this woman sit on the witness stand for eight days and run this guy down like a dog including calling him a pedophile. even when she's lying it's not consistent with the other lies she'll been telling. and they have ever reason to be skeptical. quite frankly if i was their defense lawyers i'd be n
she could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering her ex-boyfriend travis, alexander. the jury submitted more than one hundred questions of their own over the last two days, and the questions are a final look into how the jurors might view the case against her. let's talk about it with fred t icc e a former federal prosecutor and arthur aidala a former prosecutor and defense attorney. gentlemen, we have heard from the jury. they seem awfully skeptical, fred. what do you make of the...